5 reasons why Vince McMahon won't allow Kofi Kingston to beat Brock Lesnar in their WWE Championship match

It's not that often that we get to see Brock Lesnar on SmackDown Live. During his first run with the company, he was entirely a SmackDown guy once he won his first WWE title. In the last 7 years of his part-time run, his main feuds have been on RAW, and he has only appeared on SmackDown time and again to draw viewers possibly.

He's back on SmackDown Live, and this time, it seems as though he isn't going to be headed anywhere else. In case you're not aware yet, let's put you up to speed - After the opening tag team match, Kofi Kingston was confronted by Brock Lesnar, who challenged him to a WWE Championship match on SmackDown's FOX Premier this coming October 4th.

Not only will this be Brock Lesnar's first television match in over 16 years, but it's the first time in a while that he's going to be challenging for the WWE Championship. Here are a few reasons why Vince McMahon won't allow Kofi Kingston to retain this time around.

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#5. Wants to draw interest for the first SmackDown on FOX

Brock Lesnar has even got the bearded look now

This is the first and foremost reason why this match is happening. They need a solid main event for SmackDown's FOX premiere, especially since there are going to be a lot of extra eyeballs on the show now.

A Lesnar vs Kofi Kingston main event on free TV is a blessing in disguise for fans, and WWE knows that this is the best possible way to utilize him this coming October. Even if he does charge quite a bit, WWE always gives in and pays him what he wants.

And to attract interest for further episodes, don't be surprised to see WWE pull off the title change.

#4. An underwhelming Clash of Champions performance for Kingston

Kofi Kingston got his redemption, but at what cost?

We're quite sure that WWE never really intended for Kofi Kingston's reign to play out this way. The past two title defenses for Kofi Kingston were meant to be the most important and defining ones of his title reign.

Unfortunately, one ended in DQ while the other was an extremely underwhelming match-up. The reaction, or lack thereof, tells the whole story. It was sadly the match that made the crowd the quietest the whole night, and despite the two having a long story, the crowd simply didn't get into it.

That's not exactly a fault of theirs, but it didn't help Kingston or Orton that they were put in a bad place on the card after the crowd was already spent. Either way, it's highly possible that this match turned out to be the death sentence for Kofi Kingston's reign as WWE Champion.

There were even rumours before that Shane McMahon was being planned as the one to dethrone Kingston, but thankfully, those rumours seem to have been rubbished or at least scrapped.

#3. Brock Lesnar is long overdue for a run on SmackDown

Brock Lesnar hasn't had a run on SmackDown since 2004

As we mentioned, Brock Lesnar's first run was almost entirely on SmackDown. After he became WWE Champion, the title became SmackDown-exclusive and he was then featured as a star of the blue brand until his departure in 2004.

Since 2012, the brand split played little to no importance - that was up until 2016 when they re-introduced it. However, he ended up being a surprising second round draft pick (with AJ Styles, Charlotte Flair and Finn Balor all being chosen before him) and at the end of it, he was a RAW superstar.

He remained that way and dominated RAW heavily from April 2017 till April 2019, where he only had a couple of months without holding the Universal Championship. Since he is available, WWE is right in wanting to put him on SmackDown for a run.

It makes sense since FOX wants the biggest stars on the show and SmackDown was really the place where Lesnar cemented his legacy in his first run - in one of the most impactful 2-year tenures in WWE history. Simply puy, he's long overdue for a run on SmackDown.

#2. Kofi Kingston has had a great run as champion regardless

Is this the end of the dream run?

For those of you that started wishing for Kofi Kingston's WWE Championship reign to end after Clash of Champions - you got exactly what you want. Nobody expected in the beginning of the year that Kingston would even enter World title contendership, let alone have a strong 6-month reign as WWE Champion.

That's even longer than Jinder Mahal and he has been WWE Champion for longer than Batista and Roman Reigns put together. This run will always be an unforgettable one and the initial thought after he won it was that it would simply be a token WWE title reign to keep fans happy until they put the championship on someone they feel they can rely on.

But to WWE's credit, they really kept the ball rolling with Kingston and gave him an extensive reign as champion, where we have seen him step up to the plate like never before. For Kingston, this may very well be the greatest run of his career as a singles star and he deserved every bit of it.

The reality is that none of us have any right to complain when he has had a much longer reign than we expected.

#1. A final World title reign for Brock Lesnar

RIP Kofi Kingston's title reign

There were rumours floating about that WrestleMania 36 is being discussed as Brock Lesnar's retirement match. While we obviously can't confirm that it's true, there's no denying the possibility of it.

Now, we don't know if Brock Lesnar has any desire to go back to the UFC and if he doesn't, then it's more than likely that we could see him continue on for a while to come. However, in the likely scenario that he does call it a day at Tampa next year in April, this may be the way to set it up.

Brock Lesnar won the Universal title back around 9 months ago and held it till WrestleMania 35. If this is truly his last-ever run, then it's not really a bad way to go out. We wouldn't blame WWE for utilizing Lesnar to his fullest if it is the end for him and that seems as though it would warrant for a final World title reign.

Perhaps the main reason why Vince McMahon won't allow Kofi Kingston to win is simply that Lesnar needs one final run with the title before riding off into the sunset.